 | IBM BladeCenter PS703 (7891-73X)
Network Server IBM | 20 Apr 2011
135325 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
Built on the proven foundation of the IBM BladeCenter® family of products—easy-to-use, integrated platforms with a high degree of deployment flexibility, energy efficiency, scalability and manageability—the IBM BladeCenter PS703 Express is an effective blade for 64-bit applications. Minimize complexity, improve efficiency, automate processes, reduce energy consumption and scale easily: these are the benchmarks that matter on a smarter planet. The new POWER7® processor-based PS blades automatically optimize performance and capacity at either a system or virtual machine level and benefits from the new POWER7 processor, which contains innovative technologies that help maximize performance and optimizes energy efficiency. They represent one of the most flexible and cost-efficient solutions for Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise deployments available in the market. Further enhanced by its ability to be installed in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blade servers, the PS blades can deliver the rapid return on investment that clients and businesses demand.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | 1 |
| CPU: | 16 IBM POWER7™ 2.4 GHz |
| RAM: | 64 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | Toshiba MBF2600RC , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-80.1 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
140318
Adapters and Drivers
| Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 164648 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 3cdaa75d5ca121c5e6bc0897bff131f1 | |||||||||
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| IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ipr.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 174408 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a0fe11bae1391c9585b735b2ef4e4ad9 | |||||||||
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